it, too, doug eldridge, founder of dle sports management group, chris draft played football with the atlanta falcons, among other teams, ceo and president of the chris draft family foundation and l.z. granderson, cnn writer and contributor. where do we begin? chris, i want to start with you. i want to start with the impact of what all of this will be. >> doug, can you hear me? while they're fixing chris's audio i'll ask you the question i was going to ask him. what do you think the impact is as he goes into the combine, into the draft, this is a national story, and a scandal and hugely embarrassing so what does it mean to him, you know, on the ground there, as he goes through this with other players? >> well i think it's a two-fold question, first of all is what is the impact on his draft and second of all is what is the overarching impact on marketability. and when you dissect that question it's a question of performance versus perception. on the nfl side it's a question of how is manti going to perform on the field. this is no longer a scouting issue it's a personnel issue. they need to lo